Staten Island shooting sparked by dispute over woman, sources say

Advance photo/Hilton FloresPolice rope off an area in front of T.G.I. Friday's in New Springville last night after a shooting.

The hail of gunfire that erupted last night outside a restaurant in Staten Island's New Springville community was sparked by a dispute over a woman, police sources told the Advance today.

"Apparently she has multiple partners and someone wasn't too happy about that," the source said of the apparent motive.

Police are still searching for the suspects -- described in preliminary reports as two or three men -- who opened fire outside T.G.I. Friday's at 2605 Richmond Ave. adjacent to the Staten Island Mall, wounding two men.

The gunman is an African-American male in his 20s, police said.

Sean Dooley, 28, of Annadale, was shot six times, and Zachariah Gray, 21, of New Brighton was wounded once in the elbow in the ambush, which took place while they were having a smoke outside the eatery shortly before 10:30 p.m.